From Australia's first serial killer (William MacDonald) to its worst (the "Snowtown" murders), Australia has suffered a wide range of homicidal psychopaths who were compelled to keep killing until they were caught.
Joseph Hakan Ayik, also known as Hakan Reis (born 31 January 1979) is a Turkish - Australian drug trafficker. He has an estimated net worth of 1.2 billion dollars, and was described in June 2021 as "Australia's most wanted man".
Due to the nature of her alleged crimes, the media nicknamed Folbigg "Australia's worst female serial killer."
1: Pedro Alonso Lopez. In 2002, Pedro Alonso Lopez received 14 years in prison in Ecuador for killing mostly young girls. He claimed to have killed over 300 people. The "Monster of the Andes" just might be the world's most prolific serial killer.
Research shows that certain genes can predispose people to violence. Many serial killers experience childhood trauma or early separation from their mothers.
On July 26, 1984, Ed Gein, a serial killer infamous for skinning human corpses, dies of complications from cancer in a Wisconsin prison at age 77.
H.H. Holmes was one of America's first serial killers. He lured victims into his hotel, the “Murder Castle”. This guide provides access to materials related to the “H.H. Holmes” in the Chronicling America digital collection of historic newspapers.
Even though there are fewer serial killers stalking American streets, the culture at large remains fascinated by the horrific, sordid tales of who Fox calls “the legacy killers.” Serial killers may have an oversized cultural presence given how unlikely it is for people to encounter them, but Fox says it is still ...
Ted Bundy was one of the most prolific and notorious serial killers in American history. He confessed to murdering at least 36 women, in at least six states, most during the 1970s. Some estimates put the number of his victims as high as 100. But to many people, he was also one of the sexiest serial murderers.
Ted Bundy actually did use his handsomeness and charisma to charm his victims before killing them, so maybe this particular casting choice isn't as crazy as it seems.
Serial killers with the highest known victim count. The most prolific modern serial killer is arguably doctor Harold Shipman, with 218 probable murders and possibly as many as 250 (see "Medical professionals", below). However, he was actually convicted of a sample of 15 murders.
Gender(ed) Differences
To anyone who has ever studied crime (or even just listened to every episode of a true crime podcast), it is no surprise that most serial killers are male. A leading theory for this phenomenon is that men are simply more violent than women.
Julio Santana, a notorious Brazilian hitman; he is considered by the Brazilian and international media as "the deadliest hitman in history", for having killed 492 people officially (more than 500 unofficially), considered the highest number of fatal victims killed by a single hitman.
F ive years after analysts with the FBI's Violent Criminal Apprehension Program (ViCAP) began linking cases to convicted murderer Samuel Little—and nearly 18 months after a Texas Ranger began to elicit from him a breathtaking number of confessions—the FBI has confirmed Little to be the most prolific serial killer in ...
Harold Shipman – Shipman is officially the worst serial killer that the UK has ever known. A GP that murdered his patients using a lethal dose of diamorphine, between the years of 1975 and 1998 Shipman killed an unimaginable 218 people, all of them his patients.
One of the most prevalent crimes in Australia is sexual assault, with the largest proportion of victims being female.
Frederick Deeming was likely Australia's first serial killer - and a one-time Jack the Ripper suspect. Sue Williams follows the DNA trail to a man of murder and mystery.
Suicide was the leading cause of death among people aged 15–24 (36%), followed by land transport accidents (19%). For people aged 25–44, it was also suicide (22%), followed by accidental poisoning (11%). Coronary heart disease was the leading cause of death for people aged 45–64 and people aged 75–84.